Publications

This working paper discusses the interface between gender and agricultural innovation systems. More specifically, the working paper investigates how gender norms and roles influence social relations between actors in forage innovation systems in rural Afghanistan. In this regard, the paper firstly explores how gender roles and norms shape the relationships and interactions between different farmers, as well as between farmers and other actors in selected forage innovation systems. Secondly, the paper highlights how gender relations shape women and men farmers’ opportunities to learn about and adopt agricultural innovations in rural Afghanistan.

The findings of this study highlight the importance of national policy dissemination and collaboration between local government, health providers and CHWs to overcome the barriers in providing MH services at PHC level.

In 2019 the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) embarked on an initiative that aims to strengthen the capacity of 10 national societies of obstetrics and gynecology (ObGyn) in advocacy for safe abortion. In 2018 needs assessments that entailed a desk study, interviews, and stakeholder workshops were conducted in Benin, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Panama, Peru, Uganda, and Zambia. The general aim of the needs assessments was to gain a deeper understanding of the contextual situation and identify the needs of ObGyn societies in relation to safe abortion advocacy. This paper provides a cross- country analysis of the outcomes of the needs assessments and reflects on the capabilities, barriers, and opportunities to strengthen this role of ObGyn societies.

The East African Community (EAC) has a strong normative framework on gender equality and women and girls’ rights and is increasingly involved in promoting this agenda. The legal and institutional framework is evolving, showing recognition of the Maputo Protocol, the Maputo Plan of Action and the International Conference on Population and Development commitments, among others. This State of African Women report aims to contribute to the realisation and promotion of women and girls’ rights, in particular in SRHR, by raising awareness of the commitments and tracking progress made towards their full implementation in the East African Community.

The intervention areas of the Farmers’ Research Network (FaReNe) project in the Ségou and Mopti regions are experiencing food insecurity problems caused by poor soil fertility. It was to tackle this problem that the Participatory Innovation Development (PID) approach has been used in order to identify and enhance the value of local knowledge in the field of agro-ecological intensification. It is an approach that stimulates the creativity of the farming community to contribute to the improvement of its own living conditions. It is based on a multi-takeholder partnership that includes farmers, agricultural advisors and researchers. It is an approach that puts the innovative farmer at the heart of the process.

This report is the result of a case study conducted in Ethiopia as part of the evaluation of Dutch policy on International Responsible Business Conduct (IRBC) by the Policy and Operations Evaluation Department of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (IOB).

Health reform is a fundamentally political process. Yet, evidence on the interplay between domestic politics, international aid and the technical dimensions of health systems, particularly in the former Soviet Union and Central Asia, remains limited.

Le Deuxième Programme National de Gestion des Terroirs (PNGT2) au Burkina Faso est un programme de développement rural à base communautaire qui s’inscrit dans le cadre de la lutte contre la pauvreté. Le Programme y contribue à travers le transfert accéléré des ressources publiques au milieu rural pour la réalisation d’infrastructures socio-économiques et productives ainsi que la capacitation des communautés à la base et des collectivités territoriales pour la maîtrise d’ouvrage de ces investissements.

Les régions d’intervention du projet Strengthening Farmer-led Research Networks for agroecological intensification in Burkina Faso and Mali (FaReNe) de Ségou et de Mopti connaissent des problèmes d’insécurité alimentaire engendrés par la pauvreté des sols. C’est pour répondre à cette problématique que l’approche Développement Participatif de l’Innovation (DPI) a été utilisée pour identifier et mieux valoriser les savoirs locaux dans le domaine de l’intensification agro-écologique. C’est une approche qui permet de stimuler la créativité de la communauté paysanne pour contribuer à l’amélioration de ses conditions de vie. Elle est basée sur un partenariat multi-acteurs qui inclut les paysans, les conseillers agricoles et les chercheurs.

The East African Community (EAC) has a strong normative framework on gender equality and women and girls’ rights and is increasingly involved in promoting this agenda. The legal and institutional framework is evolving, showing recognition of the Maputo Protocol, the Maputo Plan of Action and the International Conference on Population and Development commitments, among others. This factsheet aims to provide insight into the role of the EAC and its member states in advancing women and girls’ rights in sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR).

Performance based financing (PBF) has been increasingly implemented across low and middleincome countries, including in fragile and humanitarian settings, which present specific features likely to require adaptation and to influence implementation of any health financing programme.

Tuberculosis (TB) remains the leading cause of death from an infectious disease, causing 1.6 million deaths in 2017 [1]. Although improved access to and quality of TB care have reduced TB-related mortality since 1990, more than one third of an estimated 10 million new cases of active TB remain undiagnosed every year, which is a major reason for the slow decline in TB incidence

If you are a scientist or project manager seeking to integrate gender approaches effectively in your projects, this resource can help you.

The Living Income Community of Practice, co-hosted by GIZ, ISEAL and the Sustainable Food Lab and the GIZ Programme “Sustainable Supply Chains and Standards” are currently calculating ‘Living Income’ Benchmarks for the cocoa producing regions in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire.

The Eastern and Northern regions of Burkina Faso are characterized by a degradation of natural resources, not without inconsiderable socio-economic consequences for the populations. In an effort to cope with these difficult environmental conditions, the producers innovate a lot of strategies to restore the soil fertility and secure a sufficient production to cover their needs, particularly those related to family foods.

How development programmes choose to measure the empowerment of women and girls impacts whether an intervention ultimately contributes to or impedes their empowerment. In this paper, KIT Royal Tropical Institute provides insight and guidance on the value of participatory approaches, those that ground the measurement of empowerment in the lives and perspectives of women and girls.

Despite overwhelming interest in the role of social capital in international development, attention to the interplay of community-based development aid with local collective-action dynamics in Central Asia and particularly Tajikistan has remained limited.

These are preliminary guidelines. They were first developed internally by KIT epidemiologists and were then presented to global health experts from all over the world for validation through a Delphi consultation process.

Les régions d’intervention du projet Strengthening Farmer-led Research Networks for agroecological intensification in Burkina Faso and Mali (FaReNe) de Ségou et de Mopti connaissent des problèmes d’insécurité alimentaire engendrés par la pauvreté des sols. C’est pour répondre à cette problématique que l’approche Développement Participatif de l’Innovation (DPI) a été utilisée pour identifier et mieux valoriser les savoirs locaux dans le domaine de l’intensification agro-écologique. C’est une approche qui permet de stimuler la créativité de la communauté paysanne pour contribuer à l’amélioration de ses conditions de vie. Elle est basée sur un partenariat multi-acteurs qui inclut les paysans, les conseillers agricoles et les chercheurs.

This report is the result of a case study conducted in India as part of the evaluation of Dutch policy on International Responsible Business Conduct (IRBC) by the Policy and Operations Evaluation Department (IOB) of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).